To say that Tait Coles is a teacher is like calling The Clash a pop group. A better description is that Tait, also Vice Principal in an inner-city academy and the man behind Punk Learning, is an impassioned educator on a mission to make learning real, relevant and right for young people from all sorts of backgrounds.

And in a way that means they don’t have to sell out their own roots and culture in the process.

At a time when children are increasingly reduced to so many numbers on an SLT spreadsheet, being groomed to be good consumers not citizens, Punk Learning is Tait’s way of ensuring that young people not only succeed in the classroom but do so as active, critical participants in the education process. This way they can go on to become involved and socially-aware members of the community. Then we might have a chance.

Feedback from recent events include:

"Gave a new, alternative and different perspective - provided food for thought and was challenging in a positive way"

"SOLO Taxonomy, hexagons and being a PUNK has taken over our college! The message of putting the students in charge has really affected people… Tait gave everyone the burst of energy and enthusiasm that is much required at the end of Summer term, the excitement that people went away with is apparent in the planning for this term and giving students a creative induction to learning that focuses on them!"

“Let’s inspire our learners through chaos to become anarchically self-regulating” - Never Mind the Inspectors